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Re: DS Budget line incoming?
« Reply #25 on: May 30, 2011, 02:41:28 AM »
Why would they send out empty cases with no games or inserts or anything?
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Re: DS Budget line incoming?
« Reply #26 on: May 30, 2011, 02:54:36 AM »
Quote from: Mop it up on May 30, 2011, 02:41:28 AM
Why would they send out empty cases with no games or inserts or anything?

Who?
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« Reply #27 on: May 30, 2011, 03:02:09 AM »
Did you read the opening post and see the pic UncleBob linked to? Nintendo sent GameStop a bunch of empty red-coloured DS cases (in a shipment with other stuff).
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« Reply #28 on: May 30, 2011, 11:44:08 AM »
Those cases are so.... orange.

But what makes you think these are related to a budget line of games if they were only sent to GameStop and are only a bunch of empty cases?

Seems more like Nintendo wants GS to use them for used games to make it very noticeable that the buyer is a cheap second hand gamer with their bright orange cases sticking out in the collection. Or for the recipient to know that the buyer bought it second hand and it is not a new copy.
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« Reply #29 on: May 30, 2011, 11:49:21 AM »
Gamestop is notorious for opening up games and then selling the opened games as "new". So it may have something to do with that...

Another possibility is that sometimes people trade in games with no case whatsoever, so they just get the game and probably not the manual either so they need something to keep them in. That may be what's going on here.
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Re: DS Budget line incoming?
« Reply #30 on: May 30, 2011, 04:23:44 PM »
I know Gamespot/EB used to get blank DS cases for that, though - it's how my copy of New York Times Crosswords came. (btw, if they could get that on The Cover Project, I'd donate.)
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Re: DS Budget line incoming?
« Reply #31 on: May 30, 2011, 05:48:19 PM »
They're red.  The photographer has confirmed that they are the same shade as the NSMBWii case.

Gamestop has recently directed all stores to actually throw out used DS cases/manuals.  It was apparently quite the gold mine for awhile. As much as Nintendo is against used sales, I can't see them shipping out free stuff to GS to support used sales.

I see GS using these as dummy cases for pre-orders or something.  I dunno...
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Re: DS Budget line incoming?
« Reply #32 on: May 31, 2011, 03:34:34 AM »
Quote from: UncleBob on May 30, 2011, 05:48:19 PM
Gamestop has recently directed all stores to actually throw out used DS cases/manuals.

That's a huge and unnecessary waste. Are they at least going to recycle those things? Because if that all ends up in a landfill that would be pretty sad...

I would actually boycott them because of this, but I can't because I already don't shop there anyway.
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Re: DS Budget line incoming?
« Reply #33 on: May 31, 2011, 10:55:10 AM »
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Re: DS Budget line incoming?
« Reply #34 on: May 31, 2011, 11:18:16 AM »
*sigh*.

So many possibilities.  And this was about the lamest.
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« Reply #35 on: May 31, 2011, 12:12:50 PM »
So is GS supposed to open any remaining unopened copies to switch the cases or do you think it's simply for the display case games and used copies?
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Re: DS Budget line incoming?
« Reply #36 on: June 01, 2011, 12:35:51 AM »
I didn't know that about GameStop either. I guess I won't be buying any DS games there.
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